The original paved the way for Keaton and Burton's pairing on "Batman" and "Batman Returns." Given how those movies helped inspire the modern era of comic-book filmmakers, could this sequel be a demented commentary on the current state of Hollywood?

The answer will be held in part by "Pride and Predjudice and Zombies" novelist Seth Grahame-Smith, who has been writing the script for the new film. Grahame-Smith wrote Burton's "Dark Shadows" adaptation as well as the Burton-produced "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," along with David Katzenberg.

No word yet on whether any of Keaton's costars from the original, which included Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis, might be back as well.

Keaton will be seen in the upcoming "Robocop" reboot as well as Broadway-themed "Birdman" (incidentally, a movie in which he riffs on his Batman past, playing a washed-up actor who made his name as an on-screen superhero). Burton, meanwhile, recently finished shooting "Big Eyes," the story of kitsch artist Margaret Keane and her husband, Walter, starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz. He has been scheduled to next direct "Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children."

The director was recently nominated for an Oscar for his animated feature with "Frankenweenie," based on his 1984 short. The "Beetlejuice" news, then, finds Burton again mining his own catalog for inspiration.

Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood will star in "Into the Forest," a story of two sisters set in the not-too-distant future against the collapse of society. Jean Hegland's novel will be adapted by writer-director Patricia Rozema.

Setting another round of anticipation and speculation into gear, auditions have begun to recast the role of Christian Grey in the adaptation of E.L. James' novel "Fifty Shades of Grey," the Hollywood Reporter says.

Sometimes a movie calls for a movie star — an outsized personality who won't be overshadowed by spectacular effects or a sweeping epic. And sometimes, as in the case of Alexander Payne's father-son road drama "Nebraska," a movie requires something more down to earth.

If you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of Grateful Dead fans who got shut out of tickets for the band’s 50th anniversary shows July 3-5 in Soldier Field, promoter Peter Shapiro has some good news for you.

Conan O'Brien entertains hundreds of thousands of people each year. On a recent clandestine trip to Cuba, however, the TBS latenight host had to please just one - and for several harrowing minutes, thought he had failed.

Steven Dietz's play "Yankee Tavern" is a cleverly self-protected piece of writing, a deconstruction of 9/11 conspiracy theories that also airs a good number of them, ranging from the spike in the short-selling of stock in United and American Airlines on Sept. 10, 2001, to the guy who claimed to...

The good news for die-hard Deadheads who got shut out of the Grateful Dead's reunion concerts July 3-5 at Soldier Field when tickets went on sale over the weekend: Tickets are showing up in droves on the secondary market.